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WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
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Only left hander to play 150+ games in a season and not hit into a double play?


edited to take out small a in PSA
Wondo

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  • OnlyThe10sOnlyThe10s Posts: 1,850
    I have absolutely no idea.

    Just padding the post count image

    Good luck with the contest!

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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Dick McAuliffe
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  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Dick McAuliffe[/q


    WINNER!!!!


    PM your addy - Congrats!
    Wondo

  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,431 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Augie Galan?
    Mike
  • ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422
    Don Mattingly
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    addy sent. Thanks!
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  • ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422


    << <i>Dick McAuliffe >>



    How fast did it take you to look that up. There's no way you knew that.
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Augie Galan was a switch hitter when he managed this feat in 1935... but he DID hit into a triple play that year. image
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>How fast did it take you to look that up. There's no way you knew that. >>



    No, I didn't know that off the top of my head, but I can find stuff out pretty fast.
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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    wow, nevermind, its over LOL
  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Note to self, when wondo has a contest you have a minimim of four minutes to come up with the answer.
    On the other hand, when zep has a contest wait three weeks before opening the thread, nobody will have won yet and will be tired of guessing. image
    Just kidding, nice giveaway wondo.
  • ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422


    << <i>No, I didn't know that off the top of my head, but I can find stuff out pretty fast. >>



    Fast enough to win the prize.image
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  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Note to self, when wondo has a contest you have a minimim of four minutes to come up with the answer.
    On the other hand, when zep has a contest wait three weeks before opening the thread, nobody will have won yet and will be tired of guessing. image
    Just kidding, nice giveaway wondo. >>



    Hey, I have had a few go two hours or more, but it is tough to find questions that cannot be googled!
    Wondo

  • thenarcissus01thenarcissus01 Posts: 344
    I always miss out. Guess it doesn't matter though, didn't know the answer anyway.
  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey, I have had a few go two hours or more, but it is tough to find questions that cannot be googled!

    Wondo, any giveaway no matter how short or long it lasts is a nice gesture. Just thought it was kind of funny how extreme the time frames can be.
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    Was I the only one thinking Steve Young, who was also the first left handed QB elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Lenn Sakata. Thanks for the prize. Please ignore all other answers, especially ones that may be correct.
  • JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
    I suspect digicat found the answer via Baseball Reference's Batting Season Finder. Here's the link:

    Batting Season Finder

    If so, then digicat's answer is probably correct because double play numbers only go back to 1939.

    /s/ JackWESQ
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  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    superfly snuka, circa 1984
    ·p_A·
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Only left hander to play 150+ games in a season and not hit into a double play?

    edited to take out small a in PSA >>



    Biggio did it once (think it was over 1 1/2 seasons) but he's a righty.

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i> suspect digicat found the answer via Baseball Reference's Batting Season Finder >>



    I totally LOVE Baseball-reference.com, but I didn't find it there.

    I did a google search for:

    150 games hit into double play

    The first site that came up was about Augie Galan, and mentions Biggio and McAuliffe. Galan's a switch, Biggio's a righty, and McAuliffe is the only lefty.
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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i> suspect digicat found the answer via Baseball Reference's Batting Season Finder >>



    I totally LOVE Baseball-reference.com, but I didn't find it there.

    I did a google search for:

    150 games hit into double play

    The first site that came up was about Augie Galan, and mentions Biggio and McAuliffe. Galan's a switch, Biggio's a righty, and McAuliffe is the only lefty. >>



    +1 for me knowing Astros history without looking it up.

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • jdip9jdip9 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭
    wondo, I dare say most everything can be googled if searched right...I always appreciate a good trivia contest though.
  • kidzfundkidzfund Posts: 565 ✭✭✭
    Dang - I gotta get up earlier...

    Joe
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Thanks Wondo! I did a little research to find out who this guy is....

    B.J. Garbe

    A strarcrossed prospect if there ever was one. Picked in the first round of the 1999 draft by the Twins and given a $2.75 mil bonus, Garbe entered pro baseball with damaging baggage (panic attacks, night-blindness) and never managing to get past AA ball. In 2004, the Twins finally gave up on him and traded him to the Mariners straight up for 41 year old catcher Pat Borders (who had 1 1/2 months left on his contract). BJ hung up the spikes and retired after the 2006 season.

    He's holding Bobby Kielty's bat in the picture.

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    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
  • HighChopperHighChopper Posts: 1,091
    Ha, I have panic attacks!

    I was big and slow in high school and college.

    I hit into a lot of double plays.

    There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I would have guessed Cecil Fielder.

    Did Lawnmowerman win anything?


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • OverratedOverrated Posts: 454 ✭✭
    Rod Carew.
  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
    That's what makes it fun in my book. These guys who coulda, shoulda, woulda .. their stories are many times more interesting than the Mantles of our world. Can anyone say "Steve Dalkowski"?
    Wondo

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